House Resolution 34 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2        BY  ALONS, BAUDLER, DE BOEF, and CHAMBERS
  1  3 A Resolution supporting the passage of the federal
  1  4    Citizens' Self=Defense Act of 2005.
  1  5    WHEREAS, the Second Amendment to the United States
  1  6 Constitution states that:  "A well=regulated Militia,
  1  7 being necessary to the security of a free State, the
  1  8 right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not
  1  9 be infringed."; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, the proposed Citizens' Self=Defense Act of
  1 11 2005 has been introduced into the 109th Congress as
  1 12 House Resolution 46 in order to support that
  1 13 constitutional right; and
  1 14    WHEREAS, the proposed legislation reaffirms the
  1 15 premise that citizens have a right to use a firearm in
  1 16 defense of self, family, and home; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, the proposed legislation would also allow
  1 18 persons whose self=defense rights have been violated
  1 19 to bring legal action against the person or entity
  1 20 violating such rights, including the United States or
  1 21 any state of the United States, in federal court; NOW
  1 22 THEREFORE,
  1 23    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  1 24 That the House of Representatives requests that the
  1 25 members of the 109th Congress promptly enact the
  1 26 Citizens' Self=Defense Act of 2005; and
  1 27    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
  1 28 Resolution be sent to the members of Iowa's
  1 29 congressional delegation.
  1 30 LSB 3505HH 81
  2  1 jr:nh/gg/14